Friday 9th October. We are on our way. we travelled to Folkstone then through the tunnel
attracting lots of comments wherever we went.

The first picture is of a bit of work being done on the drive before we left and this seemed, as ever, to be the theme of the trip. Upon stopping at a garage in central France we discovered that we had a little fuel leak, from the fuel cooler, bet some of you never knew such a thing existed, well I do and I know where it is, how to take it off and bodge it up with a variety of glues, thanks Glen!

The leak, almost, fixed we set off again and reached our goal just outside Chamonix for the
night. Good night and get some zeds. Next day it was through the Mont Blanc Tunnel and off to Italy where we are currently.

On arrival we realised that the back of the truck is getting really quite hot. Before we left we drilled some holes on the advice of BD. It seems we didn't go far enough so with a little help from the maintenance team at the 'Business Hotel' in Casale Monferrato we were going at it with a will. The back will not keep the rain out but should let the heat out from the radiator. We'll soon see.
Tomorrow we set off early for Genoa and the ferry to Tunisia. This is where all the fun really starts. scrutineering, roadbooks, waying up the opposition and Africa.

Can't wait.
I'll update this whenever I get a chance.
Results may be on www.sahara-masters.de we are car 112 in KAT 2
Fruit and Lorna